ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,993, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to RECARO Aircraft Seating GmbH & Co. KG (Schwabisch Hall, Germany).
"Aircraft seat module" was invented by Joerg Laubenberger (Murrhardt, Germany), Michael Streckert (Schwaebisch Hall, Germany), Christopher Kaufmann (Buehlertann, Germany), Juergen Mehmel (Schwaebisch Hall, Germany), Michael Fritz (Rosengarten, Germany) and Alexander Rechlin (Schwaebisch Hall, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft seat module has an enclosure unit which at least partially delimits a flight passenger seating area, and has a door unit which at least in an operating state is at least configured to close ...